Some more members of my Health Team

Christine Cha, MD
Radiation Oncology

Matt Solhjem, M.D.
Radiation Oncology

Failure

See what happens when you "Google" "failure" and pick, "I'm feeling lucky"!!!

Alert for Livestrong Day

Tuesday was the first day of the rest of my life and my newest hero is Lance Armstrong. I would appreciate it if you could support his efforts. I started Radiation & Chemo on Tuesday so for the next six weeks there will be a battle being waged inside my body.

Wednesday, May 17, is LIVESTRONG Day!

Help Lance and the LAF raise awareness about the health policy issues facing cancer survivors.

Learn more about LIVESTRONG Day

Submit your LIVESTRONG Day Event

The BIRDS is coming!!!

I can't believe that the Homeland Security Agency published a 227 page document that told how little they can and plan to do in case the Avian Flu becomes a reality.

White House Plan Defers Leadership In Bird-Flu Fight

washingtonpost.com

White House Plan Defers Leadership In Bird-Flu Fight

By David BrownWashington Post Staff Writer

The Bush administration plan for an influenza pandemic released yesterday hinges on sharing authority with global agencies such as the World Health Organization, and, at the opposite end of the spectrum, with governors, mayors and school superintendents.

The 227-page road map acknowledges that the federal government cannot -- and should not try -- to fully manage the response to an event that is likely to start overseas, eventually take hold in even the smallest U.S. communities, and last for months.

"The impact of a severe pandemic may be more comparable to that of war or a widespread economic crisis than a hurricane, earthquake, or act of terrorism," the authors of the plan wrote. "The center of gravity of the pandemic response will be in communities [and] the support the federal government can guarantee to any state, tribe or community will be limited."

Another HUMP-DAY Thought

the lesson of the moth
By Don Marquis, in "archy and mehitabel," 1927

i was talking to a moth

the other evening

he was trying to break into

an electric light bulb

and fry himself on the wires
why do you fellows

pull this stunt i asked him

because it is the conventional

thing for moths or why

if that had been an uncovered

candle instead of an electric

light bulb you would

now be a small unsightly cinder

have you no sense
plenty of it he answered

but at times we get tired

of using it

we get bored with the routine

and crave beauty

and excitement

fire is beautiful

and we know that if we get

too close it will kill us

but what does that matter

it is better to be happy

for a moment

and be burned up with beauty

than to live a long time

and be bored all the while

so we wad all our life up

into one little roll

and then we shoot the roll

that is what life is for

it is better to be a part of beauty

for one instant and then cease to

exist than to exist forever

and never be a part of beauty

our attitude toward life

is come easy go easy

we are like human beings

used to be before they became

too civilized to enjoy themselves
and before i could argue him

out of his philosophy

he went and immolated himself

on a patent cigar lighter

i do not agree with him

myself i would rather have

half the happiness and twice

the longevity
but at the same time i wish

there was something i wanted

as badly as he wanted to fry himself

archy

Stephen Colbert Has Brass Cojones

I can't believe that someone really believes Stephen Colbert is what he believes he is on the Colbert Report, but here it is!!!

Jon Stewart Defends Colbert's Dinner Speech

NEW YORK Probably to no one's surprise, Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central's "Daily Show," hailed the performance of his stablemate Stephen Colbert at Saturday night's White House Correspondents dinner. Colbert's lampooning of the president and the press has generated a good deal of praise and criticism. "It was balls-alicious," Stewart said. "Apparently he was under the impression that they'd hired him to do what he does every night on television"--that is, make fun of conservatives, public officials and the press in the guise of an O'Reillyesque talk show host."We've never been prouder of him, but HOLY ----," Stewart added.He also described the annual dinner as "where the President and the press corps consummate their loveless marriage." Colbert then followed Stewart, on his own show, "The Colbert Report," describing the "honor of appearing" at the bigd inner. He said the room was full of "power players" so he "fit right in.""Best of all, I got to meet my main man, President Bush," he said, and even had a chance to shake his hand. "He has very soft hands," Colbert revealed, "which was surprising. He must wear gloves when he is clearing brush."Colbert made fun of his mixed reception at the dinner, re-running the tape of one of his jokes with the audience barely reacting. He described this as "very respectful silence," and said that actually the crowd loved him. "They practically carried me out on their shoulders," he said, "even though I wasn't ready to go."